George Strait says he still gets a thrill hearing his songs on the radio, and now he'll have a whole channel of his music to get excited about. "Strait Country" will launch...
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Here are reviews of recently released holiday CDs:
Patti LaBelle, "Miss Patti's Christmas" (Def Soul)
When it comes to Christmas music, Patti LaBelle is almost as...
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George Strait, who had his 55th No. 1 single this year and was recently inducted to the Country Music Hall of Fame, was nominated Thursday for five Country Music Association...
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George Strait is still blazing a trail through country music.
The country legend, who had his 55th number-one single this year and was recently inducted into the Country...
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Winners announced at Tuesday's 42nd annual Academy of Country Music Awards:
Entertainer: Kenny Chesney.
Male Vocalist: Brad Paisley.
Female Vocalist: Carrie...
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The Academy of Country Music was just giving it away to Carrie Underwood and George Strait tonight.
A newcomer no longer, Carrie Underwood took home a leading three...
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It was craft versus
showbiz at the inaugural Stagecoach festival, held Saturday and
Sunday in Indio, Calif., the site of the Coachella rock
extravaganza the weekend...
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Nasvhille's big Macs couldn't serve up enough customers to keep the latest installment of Now That's What I Call Music! from the top of the food chain.
For the...
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Sitting at a corner table at one of
her favorite Nashville eateries and sipping a Diet Coke,
Miranda Lambert doesn't come across as the gun-toting,...
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Following is the list of nominees for the 42nd Annual Academy of Country Music Awards announced Monday in Nashville. The awards will be presented May 15 in Las...
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Here's the complete list of nominees for the 49th Annual Grammy Awards. The awards will be presented Feb. 11 in Los Angeles:
Album Of The Year
Taking the Long Way,...
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It's hard to believe how many times Brooks & Dunn have won Duo of the Year at the Country Music Association Awards.
The Hillbilly Deluxe artists, who also hosted the...
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The number of country artists who
have appeared on Howard Stern's radio show is small. Willie Nelson has, and so have the Dixie Chicks. Add rising country
star Trent...
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It's almost become a maxim on Music Row: George Strait rarely does interviews.
And although he agreed to talk to The Associated Press via phone for the release of his new...
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George Strait, "It Just Comes Natural" (MCA)
George Strait, despite a career packed with highlights and new plateaus, won't forget 2006.
In August, he was elected to the...
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Brooks & Dunn and Brad Paisley were both nominated for six Country Music Association Awards, but Ronnie Dunn emerged as the leader with seven nominations, including one for...
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You may have seen the recent photos
of Bob Dylan looking uncannily like Charlie Chaplin, and his
44th album, "Modern Times," shares a title with Chaplin's 1936
classic about...
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Country music superstar George Strait has roped an honorary degree.
Strait was given an honorary doctorate of humane letters by his alma mater, Texas State University, in...
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Country superstar Kenny Chesney will perform at football and soccer stadiums in several U.S. cities this year, including a July 8 show at Nashville's Coliseum.
"The last...
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Brad Paisley would like to thank the Academy. The other one.
The Time Well Wasted singer received a leading six
nominations for the Academy of Country Music Awards,...
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Given that both artists
joined the Country Music Hall of Fame on the same night in
1996, there's a symmetry to a Ray Price appearance at Buck Owens' Crystal Palace. But what...
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They may be politicians, but they're also a little bit country and a little bit rock 'n' roll.
An all-congressional band known as the Second Amendments will perform for...
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Garth Brooks is ropin' in a new missus.
The country
crooner got hitched Saturday to fellow Nashville star Trisha Yearwood,
his publicist announced to Access Hollywood.
...
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Lee Ann Womack may not hate herself this morning.
The
country songbird picked up a trio of trophies at the CMA Awards Tuesday
night, including Album of the Year for...
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Although the CMA Awards' first soiree in New York will be peppered with cameos by Elton John, Billy Joel, Donald Trump, James Gandolfini and Bon Jovi, don't expect...
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The Country Music Association awards will be handed out tonight, but not in Nashville.
They'll be presented at Madison Square Garden in New York City, which doesn't even...
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Performer Kenny Chesney won the ASCAP Voice of Music Award at the agency's annual country music awards show. Chesney, the current Country Music Association entertainer of...
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From clashes with her label chief to missed appointments and erratic behavior, country singer Mindy McCready's troubles go back further than her recent run-ins with the...
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Country star George Strait will
embark on a North American arena tour in mid-January which will
play 25 cities through June.
The only confirmed date is a February 4 show...
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Plans for a benefit concert intended to help victims of Hurricane
Katrina have been blown off, courtesy of the rapidly approaching
Hurricane Rita.
With the Category 5...
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The Top 20 Concert Tours ranks artists by average box office gross per city and includes the average ticket price for shows in North America. The previous week's ranking is...
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With a little help from his friends, Michael Jackson is going to
try and heal the Gulf Coast.
The popster, who's currently
enjoying a lengthy vacation in the United...
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Upcoming celebrity benefits to raise money for relief efforts in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina:
• Kevin Smith is holding an online auction on his Web site,...
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A tip of the ten-gallon hat to Brad Paisley and Lee Ann Womack.
The country crooners wrangled themselves six nominations
apiece to lead this year's contenders for the...
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There's definitely no King of the Hill on this week's chart!
With her new album Fireflies, country crossover star
Faith Hill scored her third consecutive number one on...
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It was a slim victory for R. Kelly--or, more precisely, a victory
over Slim.
The R&B star extended his chart reign a second
week by holding off new debuts by rappers...
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R. Kelly is out of the closet and onto the charts.
Despite a litany of legal troubles, most involving his purported
penchant for videotaping sexual encounters, the R&B...
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Not even Coldplay can mess with Texas.
The Brit band's
three-week run at number one came to a halt at the hands of Lone Star
State favorite son George Strait. His...
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Country veteran George Strait
earned his third consecutive No. 1 on the U.S. pop charts
Wednesday, while British rock band Coldplay slipped to No. 3
after a three-week...
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The third chart entry proves to
be the charm for Mario, who rises to a new career peak on the
Billboard Hot 100 with "Let Me Love You" (3rd Street/J). The
single moves 3-2,...
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Snoop Dogg was too hot to drop
from the top of Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart Thursday as
his hit tune "Drop It Like It's Hot" featuring Pharrell logged
a third week at...
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A trip to "The Red Light
District" scored Ludacris his second consecutive No. 1 album on
the U.S. pop charts Wednesday.
The Atlanta rapper/actor's fourth Disturbing Tha...
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The Top 20 Concert Tours ranks artists by average box office gross per city and includes the average ticket price for shows in North America. The previous week's ranking is...
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Like that smiling skydiver on the deodorant ads? Can't get enough of his sunny joshing on MTV's "Pimp My Ride"?
Prepare to meet the cunning, sometimes caustic musician...
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Country artists need to try harder
when it comes to international markets, according to talent
executive Bruce Allen.
During a recent keynote speech at the Country Music...
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Usher was thisclose to reclaiming the top slot on the
Billboard album chart. But when the dust settled, that cowboy
crooner George Strait lassoed away the number one...
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It only took 30 years,
but Jimmy Buffett can finally say he has reached No. 1 on the
U.S. pop albums chart.
"License to Chill," a set that includes duets with top
country...
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Last summer, country music's hottest act, the Dixie Chicks , was in a meltdown. Country CD sales were sliding and record executives were praying for a spate of holiday...
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Country Music Television has come up with its list of the 100 greatest love songs, and No. 1 is Dolly Parton 's "I Will Always Love You," which she took to the top of the...
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Country Music Television's list of the 100 greatest love songs:
1. "I Will Always Love You" (Dolly Parton )
2. "You Were Always On My Mind" (Willie Nelson )
3. "Sweet...
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Kenny Chesney may be country's
reigning king of leisure, but when it comes to touring he is
big business.
As the summer amphitheater leg of Chesney's Guitars, Tiki
Bars &...
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A new group called the Music Row Democrats is trying to shake the perception that country music is full of Republicans.
But it won't be easy. Like the 1967 Sonny James hit...
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A tiny music publishing company run
from a kitchen breakfast nook in Austin has suddenly found
itself in the midst of some big-time success.
Brandi Warden runs Moonkiss...
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Can you hear me now? RepeatSeat
hopes so, as it introduces cell-phone tickets to U.S.
event-goers this year.
Teaming up with fellow ticketing firm U.K.-based...
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Nashville songwriters don't have far to look for inspiration these days. In a town famous for churning out sad country songs about heartache and despair, radio...
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Alan Jackson , George Strait and Jimmy Buffett will join for a May 29 concert at Texas Stadium near Dallas.
They'll share equal billing as they perform individually and...
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Alan Jackson , George Strait and Jimmy Buffett will join for a May 29 concert at Texas Stadium near Dallas.
The three superstars will share equal billing as they perform...
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If you're packing your bags for
Texas right now, you might want to check out the plentiful
selection of indie-label showcases during the South by
Southwest Music Conference...
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Georgia-born singer Alan Jackson ,
who shared a recent hit with Jimmy Buffett on the duet "It's
Five O'Clock Somewhere," led the field of contenders for the
Academy of...
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List of key nominations announced Wednesday for the 39th annual Academy of Country Music Awards:
1. Entertainer of the Year: Brooks & Dunn, Kenny Chesney , Alan Jackson ,...
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Alan Jackson , who received a leading eight Academy of Country Music nominations Wednesday, can justify celebrating as early as he wants because — as the title of his...
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Alan Jackson can justify celebrating his leading eight Academy of Country Music nominations on Wednesday as early as he wants, because — as the title of his hit song...
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Musicians dominated this year's class of National Medal of Arts recipients, with country singer George Strait and the Mormon Tabernacle Choir among those honored Wednesday...
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It'll be a testosterone-fest at the Country Music Association Awards this year. For the first time in about 20 years, male singers took all five slots in both the...
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The release date of George Strait's new album, Honkytonkville, has been moved up to June 10.
The project is full of songs written by hit songwriters, including Bruce...
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Returning to arenas and moving into the center of the house, George Strait and his Ace in the Hole Band opened their fall tour with a 26-song, one-hour-and-45-minute...
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Alan Jackson and George Strait are nominated again this year in the CMA vocal event category, which they won in 2000 for their collaboration on "Murder On Music Row." This...
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George Strait's current single, "Living And Living Well," tops both the Billboard and R&R country singles charts this week, kicking his total number of chart-topping hits...
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After four years of headlining the top-grossing George Strait Country Music Festival, the superstar will embark on a 21-date arena tour. The tour will kick off in Detroit on...
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George Strait drew a record crowd of 68,266 at RodeoHouston at the Reliant Astrodome on Sunday night (March 2). Strait's performance was the final one for Houston's Reliant...
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Country fans in Memphis, Tennessee love George Strait--and it shows. The country superstar recently broke Garth Brooks's house attendance record for a single show at...
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George Strait's 28th career album, The Road Less Traveled, debuted at Number One this week on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart. Strait is followed on the chart by the...
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George Strait has signed on to headline the RodeoHouston finale on March 3, 2002 in Houston, after a four-year absence from the event. The concert will also mark the...
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Lonestar's Richie McDonald will welcome a brand-new baby into his family any day now. According to the singer, his wife is very close to giving birth to the couple's third...
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Alan Jackson joined George Strait on stage during the George Strait Country Music Festival kick-off concert in Tampa, Florida on Saturday (March 24). Dressed in shorts and...
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The George Strait Chevy Truck Country Music Festival kicks off this Saturday (March 24) in Tampa, Florida. Joining Strait on the 16-date tour this year are Lonestar, Lee Ann...
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George Strait, Reba McEntire, and Vince Gill were all on hand to celebrate MCA Records Nashville's "Label Of the Decade" status (according to industry trades Billboard and...
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Dates for the fourth annual George Strait Country Music Festival will be announced Thursday (January 18). This year's lineup includes Lee Ann Womack, Brad Paisley, Alan...
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George Strait says his future tour plans include the continuation of his annual, top-grossing music festival for at least a couple more years, but after that, he tells...
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George Strait's mega-platinum success was celebrated by MCA Records and the Nashville music industry on Thursday (November 30) night. During one of his rare visits to town,...
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George Strait has announced the talent line-up for his fourth annual George Strait Country Music Festival. The tour, which kicks off in March, features Alan Jackson,...
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The entire audience at the Country Music association Awards in Nashville was brought to its feet tonight (October 4) upon hearing the announcement of George Strait and Alan...
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George Strait's attorney was in San Antonio (Texas) District Court this week in response to a $2.4 million lawsuit filed against the singer over a line of dog food. Strait,...
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George Strait was honored with a special plaque by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on June 4 to commemorate his 25th certified platinum album....
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The big winner at the Country Weekly Presents The TNN Music Awards Thursday (June 15) night was a no-show and it wasn't George Jones. The other George, as in George...
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The George Strait Country Music Festival, which wrapped up Sunday (June 11) in Houston, grossed about $22 million after just 10 shows.
The festival drew sold-out crowds in...
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The pairing of two of country music's biggest icons -- George Strait and Alan Jackson -- on a duet seems like a shoo-in for a Number One hit. In the case of the song...
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If early sales are any indication, the 2000 George Strait Country Music Festival may prove to be another record-setting tour. Tickets went on sale this weekend (March 11...
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George Strait has officially announced this year's itinerary for the Nokia Presents The George Strait Chevy Truck Country Music Festival. Artists participating in the 2000...
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George Strait will hit the road next year for his third annual Country Music Festival Tour with fellow artists Tim McGraw, Martina McBride, Kenny Chesney, Asleep At The...
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George Strait has asked Alan Jackson to record a duet with him for his next album, which is tentatively scheduled for a March 2000 release. The two recently went into the...
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Shania Twain is already making plans toward her next album, as well as a Christmas album for the year 2000 and a possible tour next year with George Strait.
While rumors...
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Just two days into its run, the George Strait Country Music Festival got sidelined Sunday when a severe windstorm hit the Sun Bowl in El Paso, Texas, where the mega-concert...
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Official plans for George Strait's mega-tour have finally been announced. Strait will be joined by a host of hot country names, among them Dixie Chicks, Tim McGraw, Kenny...
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George Strait's 1998 Country Music Festival was such a success, he's planning to do it again in 1999, say Nashville sources.
Taking a cue from Lilith Fair, H.O.R.D.E., and...
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After a slew of country megatours failed to
ignite sparks at the box office in 1998, several artists have announced
they are curtailing touring the U.S. for much of 1999,...
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Taking a cue from George Strait, whose 1998 multi-act tour package grossed a whopping $33 million last Spring, Alan Jackson has announced his own multi-artist road show for...
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Those wacky radio guys have struck again. The August 12 arrival of Maggie Elizabeth McGraw, second baby to country superstars Tim McGraw and Faith Hill, got the attention...
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Multiple CMA nominee George Strait just keeps making headlines. The MCA recording artist has announced that he's planning a 1999 version of his blockbuster megatour, which...
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George Strait made history this morning when he received five nominations for the Country Music Association (CMA) Awards. The five nominations gave Strait a total of 47...
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Nashville's music publishing giant Sony/ ATV Tree has purchased independent publishers Little Big Town Music and Tom Shapiro Music, in a wave of deals said to be worth in...
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For the first time in seven years, the International Country Music Fan Fair has failed to sell out, and industry insiders wonder if the sluggish sales are a sign of country...
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Garth Brooks, Tim McGraw, Faith Hill and Trisha Yearwood were among the big winners at the Academy Of Country Music Awards Wednesday night. The ACM is often viewed as a bit...
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The 33rd annual Academy Of Country Music Awards--known as the "Hat" awards--will see LeAnn Rimes and Trisha Yearwood once again face off over their different versions of...
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Alan Jackson, Billy Ray Cyrus and George Strait received the most nominations for the 32nd annual TNN Music City News Country Awards. The show, to be televised live June...
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The 40th annual Grammy Awards has announced the first wave of live performances for its broadcast, set for February 25th from Radio City Music Hall.
Kenneth "Babyface"...
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The 31st Annual Country Music Association Awards were handed out at Nashville's Grand Ole Opry last night, and Garth Brooks was the top honoree, taking home his third...
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